Jack Kerouac

//Note: For the E6 in the bridge, 
the songs fingerpicking goes from the 3rd to b3rd (G# to G) 

Intro 

E E A E  E 

 
E 
Thinking of running so far away 
E 
Where Im bound well whos to say 
A                                    E 
Ill hitch a ride on a lonesome easy freight train 
                                     E 
Bid farewell to the old cruel world I knew 
 

 
E 
Floating along on a tired tube 
E 
Mourning dove how do you do 
A                                   E 
Ill find my own reflection in that pure stream 
                                    E 
To see a man who lives a life thats free 
 

 
G# 
Cause all the pretty people they are 
A 
Rushing through the city 
G#7 
Heads in their screens 
      A6 
And I couldnt take one more minute 
          E 
Wont you little green river please 
Edim     A6/E  E 
Carry my blues away 

G# 
Freight train leaves the city roll on 
A 
Picking a song ive been singing so long 
E 
Little green river please 
Edim     A6/E  E 
Carry my blues away 
 

 
E 
Rowing along the old country side 
E 
Wildflowers that grow so high I 
A                                  E 
Feel the writhing green between my fingers 
                                        E 
Light a smoke while I pick this rambling song 
 

 
E6 G#7/D# A/E G#m/D# C#m 

E6 G#7/D# A/E B/D# E 
 

 
G# 
Cause all the pretty people they are 
A 
Rushing through the city 
G#7 
Heads in their screens 
      A6 
And I couldnt take one more minute 
          E 
Wont you little green river please 
Edim     A6/E     E 
Carry me down the line 

G# 
Freight train leaves the city roll on 
A 
Picking a song ive been singing so long 
E 
Little green river please 
Edim     A6/E     E 
Carry me down the line 
 

 
E 
Thinking of running so far away 
E 
Where Im bound well whos to say 
A                                    E 
Ill hitch a ride on a lonesome easy freight train 
                                     E 
Bid farewell to the old cruel world I knew